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EDUCATION

Connect religious
instruction says vampires fake but Bible is fact (Brisbane Times) June 27 – (Opinion: Hugh Harris ) "These books are about vampires",
begins the Connect religious instruction lesson for seven to nine year old
children, introducing the well-known Twilight series of vampire novels, well
known for their blend of eroticism and horror.

Exclusive Brethren MET
school gets record funding (The
Age, Melbourne) July 5 - An exclusive private school run by an "extremist cult" that
warns children to stay away from the outside world and bans its graduates from
physically attending university receives more in government funding per student
than up to a third of the state's public schools.

Pope Francis clips
Cardinal George Pell’s wings (news.com.au) July 9 - POPE Francis has again clipped the wings of his finance tsar Cardinal
George Pell by effectively removing many of the administrative functions of the
Vatican’s key financial office from his department.